Motion Revive Series Monster Hunter Kado Karyudo G Review

*Warning very picture heavy.   I couldn't find any other reviews on these figures as a group on the internet, in English.  The most I could find was reviews on the Kirin armor figures because those are the cheapest ones in the set.*

***Monster hunter fans please forgive me if I type the wrong name for the armor sets.   I'm going based on Memory here and I'll be using the American names for the armor sets. ***

This Review will cover the whole box set from packaging to my overall thoughts on these Motion Revive Monster Hunter figures.

I am a big fan of the Monster Hunter games.  My interest first sparked when I first saw the ads for the Ps2 game in a PSM magazine.   After looking at only ads in magazines and researching a little online I didn't hesitate to pick this game up when it first released.  Yadda, yadda, yadda seven years later I still play the games as they are released in America.  Capcom when are you going to release Monster Hunter Portable 3rd in America?!?!?!

Anywho I got these guys back in December, 2010 when my friend Barry noticed they were on sale at HobbyLink Japan for about twenty dollars a box.  Doing some quick math we each would have to pay $30 a box which included shipping.  A really nice deal since at the time I would see the most common figure, the Kirin Armor, go for at least $10 dollars without shipping on Ebay.  A quick check right now and it seems that each figure goes for at least $24.50 on Ebay before shipping almost double for the Dragon Armor. 

What you get in this set is: (I'm not sure what weapons came with what.  I store them all in the same spot and it kind of all got jumbled.   But just like the game your character can equip all the different weapons, of course depending on the armor type. )  They also come with two sets of hands to allow them to hold various weapons and tools. 

-3 Kirin Armors with different skin tones.   Dark, medium, and light.  These are the most common set to find on Ebay.  They also work well since KirinGunner and Blademaster armor look the same.  
-2 "prey" gunners armor.  I believe Giaprey(blue) and Ioprey(red) set.
-2 Rathalos blademasters .  One regular (red) and one variant (silver).
-1 Dragon blademaster set.

So where we go all eight figures in this set.  At first we thought since it was blind boxed it was somehow going to be all luck on what we got in the cases.  But as it turns out it's all the same thing. 

***I'm going to do individual reviews for each of these in the future. ***

I'll try to let the pictures do most of the explaining but if you want to pick up this set right now they still have some at HobbyLink Japan here. 

 

Nice personalized box.  But I'm always worried someone might jack the box if they see something like this. 

 

Overall nice outside box.  Does what it can to protect and display the contents inside. 

  

As a kid I would have freaked out if I had all these blind boxes to myself.  Getting one or two toys like this spread months apart was how I lived. 

Holding these boxes in my hands I could barely contain my excitement.  In America we get action figures of like Gi-Joes and Power Rangers.  In Japan, granted they have their Super Sentai, but they get awesome figures like these.   Opening up each one made me smile.  

Wooo, these little guys are amazing.  They sit well at the 3.75 inch  mark.  They're also not lacking any detail at their size.  Depending on how much the armor hinders their movements they all have:
-Ball Jointed heads.
-Shoulders can do a 360
-Rotation right above the elbow
-A ball joint in the torso connected to the shoulder
-Double jointed elbows. 
-Wrist rotation
-Ball jointed chest
-Legs are attached to hip by ball joints
-Mid-thigh rotation
-Double Jointed knees
-Ball jointed legs.
The motion revive line does not disappoint but it's a shame these figures do not come with stands.  They like to fall over like nobodies business since some of them are top heavy and others have small feet.

 Giaprey(blue) and Ioprey(red) gunner set. 

Rathalos Silver and regular blademaster Rathalos.  

Dragon Blademaster

 Three Kirins, I call them the Kirin sisters.  Light is holding the dual swords, medium is wearing the cat head, and dark is holding the giant sword. 

 Breaking it down I paid $3.75 for each figure.  I think that was well worth the price and I would have been willing to pay twice as much for each figure.  In America paying that price means getting a figure that doesn't come with much and probably doesn't have that much portability.

Your best bet to get these for cheap outside of Japan is here at HobbyLink Japan.  They're a little bit more expensive than what I paid for them but if you're a Monster Hunter fan these are definitely a buy.  I only have two regrets with these figures.  I do not have a proper display for them set up and I cannot find a scale Rathalos figure for them to fight.  At least one that doesn't cost over $200. 

 COLLECTORS:  If you are a Monster Hunter fan then get these guys.  Right now expect to pay around $40-$50 for the set shipped, but get them fast as they were made in 2008 so who knows how many are left in stock.  I enjoy these figures, you can swap all the weapons between the characters and in some cases you can swap the armor parts.  If you can find an in scale monster with these guys that would make an awesome display piece. 


PARENTS:  If your teenager carries around their Playstation Portable playing Monster Hunter than these figures might be for them even if they don't collect toys.  These make nice display pieces as they're not meant to be played with.  I generally wouldn't recommend them for anyone younger than fourteen.  The temptation to play with them and loosen up the joints is too great.